Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
by Stefan McDanielSing “St. Patrick’s Breastplate” ! Pluck a shamrock ! Keep the feast ! . . . . Continue Reading »
Idaho Futile Care Bill S. 1114 Stalled in House Committee—For Now
by Wesley J. SmithThis is a follow up report about an urgent futile care threat we warned against twice last week at SHS (here and here): After being caught flat footed with the passage of S. 1114 through the Idaho Senate—a bill that would, in part, legalize futile care theory in Idaho and specifically . . . . Continue Reading »
Assisted Suicide Group Admits to Undermining Proper Hospice Care
by Wesley J. SmithCompassion and Choices, the assisted suicide advocacy group, has admitted to undermining proper hospice care. That’s not how they put it, of course. It brags that nearly 100% of Oregon assisted suicides last year—88% with which their representatives were involved—were in hospice. . . . . Continue Reading »
Suicide Advocacy Group Undermines Proper Hospice Care
by Wesley J. SmithCompassion and Choices, the assisted suicide advocacy group, has admitted to undermining proper hospice care. That’s not how they put it, of course. Instead, the group brags that nearly 100% of Oregon assisted assisted suicides last year— 88% with which their representatives were . . . . Continue Reading »
Spanish Animal Rights Activists Go Nude to Protest Canadian Seal Hunt
by Wesley J. SmithWhat is it with animal rights activists and nudity? Spanish liberationists have gone naked to protest a Canadian seal hunt. From the story: Around 100 people stripped naked and lay on the ground in a central Madrid square on Sunday as part of an international day of protest against Canada’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Cosmetic Surgeons Suffering from Economic Downturn
by Ryan Sayre PatricoI could almost shed a tear. . . . . Continue Reading »
Metropolitan Metaphysics
by Ryan Sayre PatricoSpeaking of spirituality, I was browsing in a popular bookstore in SoHo this weekend and was excited to see a section titled “Metaphysics.” Imagine my disappointment when the shelf turned out to be filled—not with Plato, Aristotle, or Aquinas—but with Tarot cards and . . . . Continue Reading »
D’Espagnat Wins Templeton Prize
by Ryan Sayre PatricoThe winner of the 2009 Templeton Prize ultimate reality had he remained a Christian. . . . . Continue Reading »
Endorsing Cloning, Without Calling it That
by Ryan T. AndersonThe New York Times officially endorsed cloning this morning. You remember how for the past 8 years, whenever the topic of embryonic stem-cell research came up, the proponents told us that they just need the so-called “spare” embryos, “left-overs” from IVF clinics, that were . . . . Continue Reading »
The Oregon Compassion and Choices Assisted Suicide Enabling Act: C and C "stewarded" 88% of Oregon Assisted Suicides in 2008
by Wesley J. SmithThe assisted suicide law called the Oregon Death with Dignity Act—as if dying without poisoning yourself to death isn’t dignified—should instead be called the Oregon Compassion and Choices Assisted Suicide Enabling Act. It turns out that representatives of the assisted suicide . . . . Continue Reading »
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